Love Power Peace

by James Brown

Overview

James Brown is featured here with the then newly formed J.B.'s -- the maestro's second great band, including Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins, Jabo Starks, Bobby Byrd, and Fred Wesley. Live at the Apollo had caught James Brown the '50s gospel/R&B singer; Love Power Peace captures James Brown the funkster. In the early '70s Brown turned up the funk, recording such litanies for Black America as "Ain't It Funky Now," "Sex Machine," "Give It Up or Turn It Loose," "Super Bad," "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved," and "Soul Power." They're all here, along with revved-up, white-hot versions of the early- and middle-period classics. Brown had planned to release this as a triple album in 1971. When several bandmembers left shortly after it was recorded, Brown switched from King to Polydor Records, leading him to scrap it and record a new studio album instead. In 1992, Polygram decided to make the recording available for the first time. ~ Rob Bowman

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2015
Label:	Imports
UPC:	4988005887092
Rank:	77982

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Brown   Primary Artist,Vocals,Organ
The J.B.'s   Primary Artist
Bootsy Collins   Guest Artist,Bass
Fred Wesley   Guest Artist,Trombone
Bobby Byrd   Guest Artist,Organ,Vocals
Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells   Trumpet
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin   Guitar (Rhythm)
Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison   Trumpet
St. Clair Pinckney   Sax (Tenor)
John Starks   Drums
David Matthews   Director,Strings,Horn

Technical Credits

Ronald Lenhoff   Composer
Teddy Powell   Composer
Betty Jean Newsome   Composer
Leonard Whitcup   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Harry Weinger   Producer
Daddy Cool   Liner Notes
Stuart Gorrell   Composer
Pee Wee Ellis   Composer
Ron Lenhoff   Composer
Johnny Terry   Composer
Charles Bobbit   Composer
James Brown   Producer,Engineer,Composer
Bob Marley   Composer
Bobby Byrd   Composer